Music to my ears

One of my favorites, enjoy. Nessun dorma via:wikipedia   “Vincerò” and “Vincero” redirect here. For the album by Amaury Vassili, see Vincerò (Amaury Vassili album). For other uses, see Vincerò (disambiguation). “Nessun dorma” (Italian: [nesˈsun ˈdɔrma]; English: “None shall sleep”)is an aria from the final act of Giacomo Puccini’s frequently performed opera Turandot and is one of the best-known tenor arias in all opera. It is […]

Magnifique

 * * “Nobody ever figures out what life is all about, and it doesn’t matter. Explore the world. Nearly everything is really interesting if you go into it deeply enough.”  * * – Richard P. Feynman * *   via:elaid Venice,  Italy Nicole Franzen Nadja Bender for Elle France, October 2015 Photographed by Cedric Buchet […]

Ballet Beautiful

Maya Plisetskaya, Sleeping Beauty Photo © R. Shrade Ballet du Grand Théâtre de Genève:  Pontus Lidburg’s Giselle (x) Dorothée Gilbert, Hugo Marchand L’Histoire de Manon, Cendrillon Benois de la danse gala 2015 photo: J. Devant Ghislaine Fallou dancing Le bal des cadets during Paris Opera Ballet school demonstrations c.1988 Photo © Daniel Cande Giselle by the Royal Ballet via:auxpoles Maya […]

It’s a Dog Day

“Dogs are better than human beings because they know but do not tell.”   —Emily Dickinson (poet, Hope Is the Thing with Feathers)     via:browndress The McCartneys Dog Photography via:browndress   “If you think dogs can’t count, try putting three dog biscuits in your pocket and then give him only two of them.”   […]

OOOH La La Lingerie

“Brevity is the soul of lingerie.”   –  Dorothy Parker   Lyalya by Agent Provocateur Soirée Agent Provocateur briefs Journelle bralettes     “Wearing nice lingerie makes me feel really glamorous. I love to splurge on that.”   –  Fergie       Mimi Holliday bra, suspender and briefs Bordells bra      “Every one of […]

Je ne sais quoi

“The timeless in you is aware of life’s timelessness. And knows that yesterday is but today’s memory and tomorrow is today’s dream.”  ― Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet Kaat Tilley autumn—winter 1995—96. Kaat Tilley comes from Brussels, has roots in Mechelen, and studied at the Antwerp Fashion Academy. She has been designing since 1983 in a highly personal […]